Finish-remover and process of making same.



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JOHN M. WILSON, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, AND CHARLES V. BACON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG'NORS TO WILSON REMOVE-R COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FINISH-REMOVER AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. WILsoN and CHARLES V. BACON, citizens of the United States, residing in Montclair, Essex county, New Jersey, and New York clty, county and State of New York, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in F inish-Removers and Processes of Making Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of paint and varnish removers as non-neutral wax containing highly volatile solvents known removers and has for its object the pro uction of an emulsionremover which is capable of remaining unchanged physically, 'when confined, irrespective ofthe length of'-time the same is allowed to stand and which iswithal both e flicient and economical. I

Heretofore it has been proposed to incorporate in excess of 33% of Waxy bodies with the highly volatile solvents to form such removers; Such mixtures while neutral, z. 6.

free from carbolic acid (commonly considered as an acid) or other acids such as acetlc, for example, possess many ob ectionable features, among which are the relatively poor. cutting qualities of the same, the enormous 'of Wax, of a mineral acid such as phosphoric, for example.

An especially important feature also of our invention is the employment of vegetable waxy bodles such as palm wax or candelilla wax, or Waxy substances reacting with phosphoric acid like palm-wax, in conjunction with volatile waxy solvents and wax precipitants and also a colloiding agent such as phosphoric or sulfuric and like mineral acids capable of similar action, and

also the anhydrids of such acids, which behave similar to phosphoric acid. The reac- Patented Jan. ii, rare.

Application file d September 16, 1912. Serial No. 720,704.

tion between these so-called vegetable waxes and the mineral acid colloiding or flocculatmg agent is unique and is entirel different from that between ordinary para n or true waxes as beeswax and other well lniown waxes-heretofore employed, or between these same vegetable waxes and phenol, commonly known ascarbolic acid. It has been found that in the presence of such colloiding agents, the extremely insignificant amount of 2% of the total weights of the remover constitutes a suflicient amount of wax to. render the remover sufiiciently thick for alt ordinary purposes, even preventing the runnmg of the same when applied to vertical surfaces. Moreover, this colloiding action nsures the permanent suspension of the wax in the volatile solvents and the presence of crystalline particles in the same is virtually eliminated. i

Inaddition to the action of the acid as a collo dmg agent, it also serves as an ex tremely efi'ective solvent for finish, the same having a far greater power of disintegration 'of weathered or dried films oflinseed oil paints or resinous varnishes, or the like, than have the ordinary volatile finish or war: solvents by themselves. The action of phosphoric acid, or an equivalent mineral acid having similar properties, upon a linseed oil palnt, particularly so-called lead paints, is extremely energetic and apparently there is ,a direct chemical action between phosphoric acid and the lead oxids', carbonates, or like compounds, with the result that this supplemental action of these said acids permits the finish solvents to more readily penetrate the film. of finish.

An example of our invention, as preferably carried out is as follows :lBenzol (bento John M. Wilson, of August 27, 1912, No.

1,036,946, the same may be employed and the proportions of the volatile finish solvents, particularly benzol and alcohol,'1nay be correspondingly decreased to allow for such additional ingredient.

Obviously, the consistency of the composition can be optionally varied, as'desired, by changing the relative proportions of solvents, or in any other desired manner, and as above stated, various homologous compounds, such as the anhydrids of the acids employed which are capable of being substituted therefor with substantially the same effect, may be employed in lieu thereof. Various waxes such as candelilla may be substituted for palm Wax, and similar waxes, which are affected by phosphoric acid in a similar manner, may also be employed in lieu thereof. Among the additional advantages of the employment of these vegetable waxes, such as those herein described, is the elimination of relatively soft and greasy waxes such as paraffin and the like, which are substantially unaffected by acetic or its homologues. In fact the action of the acids herein mentioned, such as phosphoric for example, upon the waxes, such for example as palm wax, results apparently in the transformation of the said wax into what may be termed a transformed physical condition, the same being obtain able as a substantially dry powder on the evaporation of volatile solids from these removers. Parafiin and true waxes, such as beeswax and the like, on'the other hand, even though subjected to the same solvents,

- including the acids herein mentioned, re-

main upon evaporation of the solvents in substantially their original physical condi tion, possessing all the peculiar characteristics of a wax. As a result of the transformation of such waxes as stated, it is possible to easily cleanse the surface from the dried removers and thorough cleansing of the surface from such powdered substances is not essential, as the same, owing to their non-waxy nature, seems to act as a filler and to have no deleterious action upon subsequent coats of paint or varnish applied to such surface when relatively small amounts of said converted vegetable wax is allowed to remain upon the surface,

While weak mineral acid, such as phosphoric acid is preferably employed, and the amount of the same so employed is preferably not over 6%, other mineral acids which are soluble in alcohol, such as sulfuric acid, may be employed in lieu thereof.- When employing sulfuric acid, however, care should be taken not to employ a sufiicient amount to cause discoloration of the wood, or serious burning of the human cuticle when applied thereto, and preferably not over 5% of the same.

This application relates to another species from that claimed in the generic app licaterm palm wax unless they have substantially the same reaction as does palm wax when used as described.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The process of making a finish remover. JVlllCll consists 1n lncorporatlng a substantial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble gelatinizing mineral acid with a wax having substantially the same reaction therewith as that of palm wax, and suitable finish solvents including a wax solvent.

2. The process of making a finish remover which consists in subjecting a vegetable wax to the action of a substantial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble inorganic acid compound and in the presence of. other volatile-finish solvents including a solvent of said wax.

A finish remover consisting of a substantial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble mineral gelatinizing acid, a waxyvbody having substantially the sainelreaction therewith as that of palm wax, alvolatile finish solvent including a solvent of said wax.

4. A finish remover consisting of a substantial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble inorganic acid and a waxy body having substantially the same reaction therewith as that of palm wax, and a plurality of organic finish solvents including a wax solvent.

5. A finish remover consisting of a sub stantial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble weak inorganic acid and a waxy body having substantially the'same reaction therewith as that of palmwax, and a plurality of organic finish solvents including a wax solvent.

6. A finish remover consisting of a substantial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble phosphoricacid and a waxy body having substa'n'tially the same reaction therewith as that of palm wax, and a plurality of organic finish solvents including a wax solvent.

7. A finish remover consistin of a substantial amount, and in excess 0% 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble'inorganic gelatinizing agent, 'a waxy body having substantially the same reaction therewith as that of palm wax, and a volatile finish solvent including a solvent of said Wax.

8. A finish remover containing a substanmeaaea tial amount, and in excess of 1% of the finish remover, of a water soluble deflocculating agent comprising an inorganic acid and a waxy body having substantially the same reaction therewith as that of palm wax, which wax-is capable of being isolated from the mixture in the form of a substantially dry powder having little resemblance to wax upon evaporation of the volatile solvents therefrom.

9. A finish remover containing from 3 to 6% of an inorganic acid deflocculating In witness whereof, we have hereunto set,

our hands at the city, county, and State of New York, this 11th day of September,

' JOHN M. WILSON.

CHAS. V. BACON. Witnesses:

ARTHUR G. H. Pownn, Jn, M. E. EVELAND. 

